@mountainlane replied to your post “What the f×× is palpatine?”
Long version: prequels- he was senator from the planet Naboo, and befriended Anakin Skywalker. Over several decades, he tricked the Senate into making him emperor. It's then revealed he's a Sith (bad space wizard). He had all the Jedi (good space wizards) destroyed, and took Anakin as his apprentice, renaming him Darth Vader. Original trilogy, he disbands the Senate so he has full power. He's eventually killed by Vader. Then he got better for the new film, apparently.
@afonhafren replied to your post “What the f×× is palpatine?”
The Emperor from Episodes 4 through 6, Dark Lord of the Sith, Big Bad Guy, has been resurrecting himself since the 90s in the Star Wars franchise.
@willowfae82 replied to your post “What the f×× is palpatine?”
He's a character who shouldn't be alive in this forthcoming movie. He is a who, not a what. Lol
Thanks a lot, guys - I’m a bit wiser now, then! For some reason Palpatine didn’t sound to me like a name, a specific person - I had a vague idea that it was a name for a group of people or something like that...
It is probably obvious I am not a big Star Wars geek - I hardly know who are Luke and Leia and .... the guy played by Harrison Ford... I do know about Kylo and Rey though. Oh well! 😁
